11 ideas
7823 | Lucretius was rediscovered in 1417 [Grayling] |
16639 | Only individual bodies exist [Bacon] |
16033 | There are only individual bodies containing law-based powers, and the Forms are these laws [Bacon] |
21950 | Science must clear away the idols of the mind if they are ever going to find the truth [Bacon] |
7809 | In an honour code shame is the supreme punishment, and revenge is a duty [Grayling] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
7824 | If suicide is lawful, but assisting suicide is unlawful, powerless people are denied their rights [Grayling] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |
7819 | Religion gives answers, comforts, creates social order, and panders to superstition [Grayling] |
7817 | To make an afterlife appealing, this life has to be denigrated [Grayling] |
7818 | In Greek mythology only heroes can go to heaven [Grayling] |